A New York barber who defied lockdown and ‘illicitly’ cut hair tests positive for the coronavirus

A barber in New York who spent weeks giving haircuts in defiance of the state’s lockdown order recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to health officials.

The Ulster County Department of Health confirmed that a barbershop operating “illicitly” in the city of Kingston, N.Y., located about 100 miles north of New York, had an employee test positive this week, prompting concern that anyone who recently got their hair cut at the establishment may have also become infected by the potentially deadly virus.